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Which of the Ivies and MIT and Stanford and other top schools care least about GPA's? My grades are not stellar, so I;m trying to find out which of the top schools in the country place less weight on GPA?

By Needhelp06 (Needhelp06) on Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 05:07 pm: Edit

i heard stanford doesn't take GPA into account as much as other top schools, any truth to this?

By Wlrsqtr (Wlrsqtr) on Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 07:09 pm: Edit

Honestly GPA (and clss rank) matter a lot at the top schools. However, personally I know Cornell took a truly brilliant computer type with less than steller grades (and of course athletes etc). Grades will matter a lot if you don't have a significant hook. If the less than stllar grades were in 9th grade that would help a lot especially at Stanford which doesn't look at 9th grade. You need to give us more info on what you do have if it is not grades (is non stellar a 3.8 in toughest schedule or a 3.5).

By Geodude666 (Geodude666) on Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 07:27 pm: Edit

stanford doesn't consider grade 9? i know that princeton doesn't either... any other schools?

By Needhelp06 (Needhelp06) on Sunday, June 20, 2004 - 10:28 pm: Edit

well i have around a 3.8 in a pretty tough curriculum. its not the hardest but its close. unfortunately, my GPA has a downwards trend, with a B+ in BC Calc 1st semster junior year and a solid B in BC Calc 2nd semester of junior year.

By Needhelp06 (Needhelp06) on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 01:04 am: Edit

that 3.8 is unweighted by the way...our school doesn't rank or have GPA's, so we have no weighting system.

By Theguac (Theguac) on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 02:10 am: Edit

Duke considers 9th grade but is more concerned with 10-12, especially 11th grade.